Bioelectrochemical Denitrification for the Treatment
of Saltwater Recirculating Aquaculture Streams
Posted on 2018-04-16 - 12:53
Maintaining low concentrations of
nitrogen compounds (ammonium,
nitrate and nitrite) in recirculating aquaculture waters is extremely
important for a larger and healthier fish production, as well as for
water discharge purposes. Although ammonium removal from aquaculture
streams is usually done within a nitrifying step, nitrate removal
via denitrification is still partially limited by the low organic
matter availability. Therefore, an easy-to-operate autotrophic denitrifying
bioelectrochemical system is herein proposed for the treatment of
seawater aquaculture streams. The nitrate-containing synthetic stream
flows sequentially through a biological denitrifying cathode (placed
at the lower portion of a tubular reactor) and an abiotic anode (generating
electrons and oxygen from water splitting, at the upper portion).
Experimental results with synthetic seawater showed that the system
reached denitrification rates of 0.13 ± 0.01 kg N m–3 day–1, operating with minimum ammonium and nitrite
accumulation, as well as minimum chlorine formation in the abiotic
anode, despite the high chloride concentration. There results support
the technical potential for simultaneous bioelectrochemical denitrification
and partial re-oxygenation of aquaculture waters either for recirculation
or discharge purposes.
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Marx Sander, Elisa; Virdis, Bernardino; Freguia, Stefano (2018). Bioelectrochemical Denitrification for the Treatment
of Saltwater Recirculating Aquaculture Streams. ACS Publications. Collection. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.8b00287
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Elisa Marx Sander
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Bernardino Virdis
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Stefano Freguia